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Tunnicliff, Ed First Combat Experience
Ed Tunnicliff describes his first combat experience. At the front was a German pilot they called Bed Check Charlie. The...
Ballew, Thomas Joining the Fight in France
In August 1944 Thomas Ballew’s unit [Annotator's Note: the 231st Searchlight Battalion] got orders to go overseas. They...
Schloss, Eva Otto Frank and the German Entry into Austria
The only person who returned from the concentration camps was Otto Frank. It is amazing he was able to survive. He...
LaPook, Sidney Deployment to England
On 8 April [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1944] they got a red flag in the area and they knew they were getting ready to go...
Schmidt, Philip Becoming a Soldier
Before he could finish his schooling, Philip Schmidt was drafted into the Army. He knew several people that had been...
Goebel, Robert P-39s, Spitfires, and P-51s
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel says the P-39 [Annotator's Note: Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft] had a bad reputation. It...
Alexander, Joseph 1939 Division of Poland
In 1939, the Germans came into Poland and divided it into two parts. One was annexed by Germany and the other was...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 1
Clarence Anderson was interested in flying from a young age. Lindbergh [Annotator's note: American aviator Charles...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Aviation Cadet School
Floyd Horne signed up [Annotator's Note: for the US Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program] early enough that when he...
Ammerman, Gale Operation Varsity
Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...
Rendelman, Ed The Normandy Invasion
Ed Rendelman arrived in England after sailing from the United States in March 1944. The men knew there was a big build...
Pena, William Hurtgen Part 2
William Pena followed a trail through the woods and kept encountering groups of men asking for the two platoons on the...

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